Bodysuit

ABSTRACT

A bodysuit that may be easily donned and removed includes an unitary body which includes a front panel and a back panel that form a head opening at a seam position between top ends of the front panel and the back panel, wherein the back panel, which is adapted to put on and take off the bodysuit, includes a top piece and a bottom piece that overlap and define a receiving opening. A top opening end of the bottom piece may be configured to stay in a waist region of a back of the user while the wears the bodysuit. While the user takes off the bodysuit, the top opening end of the bottom piece of the back panel may be pulled towards feet of the user, be pulled off the feet, and pass back up over the user&#39;s crotch so as to take off the bodysuit.

BACKGROUND

Most people change their clothes often, and most parents change theirbabies' diapers and clothes often. Most parents change a baby's diapermultiple times in a day; some even change diapers as much as ten timesper day. Many parents change the diaper for their baby every two tothree hours. Clothes that are difficult to put on and take off can makechanging diapers or outfits complicated and time consuming. Wearingand/or having a baby wear clothes that can quickly be taken off and puton can make changing easier and facilitate the processes for changing ababy's diaper. Clothes that allow for quick, easy access to the diaperarea would be beneficial. Clothing that is easy and quick to put on andtake off is highly desirable and may save time and money. For olderwearers, a bodysuit that allows the wearer to use the bathroom moreeasily without requiring full removal of the bodysuit would be desirableas well.

Securing a bodysuit opening or flap using many snaps or buttons maycause difficulties. For example, the snaps or buttons may be easy tomisalign and may be time-consuming to match with respective snaps,buttons, and/or button holes. If the snaps or buttons are arranged onthe bottom portion of the child bodysuit, the opening or a flap mightcome apart when the child crawls, rolls, or walks around, so the parentmay need to check the bodysuit again and again over time to make surethat the bodysuit continues to remain buttoned up. It is also possiblethat the buttoned or snapped area could become caught on something asthe baby crawls or moves around. Snaps or buttons that need to beengaged or disengaged every time might be easily broken after frequentuse. In other words, the snaps may lose their adhesive function, and thebuttons may break off from the bodysuit. In addition, snaps/buttonsmight rip off and tear the garment around the snaps/buttons. If anysnaps or buttons did come off, they could be a choking hazard for achild. A less complicated construction that does not require buttons orsnaps may allow a manufacturer to reduce costs.

Disclosed herein are new garments, devices, components, systems, andmethods for improving ease of use, access, removal, and changing ofclothing, which avoid certain disadvantages. These may provide easieraccess and use for one-piece clothing or bodysuits. For example, thesemay help make changing clothes easier or changing diapers of a baby, andmay provide other benefits as described herein. The concepts describedherein may be applied to a wide variety of clothing, etc.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of, and enhancements for, clothing, components, assemblies,systems, methods, etc. for easier access and use, are described herein.A variety of embodiments are encompassed, but a few non-limitingexamples are described in more detail.

In one embodiment, a bodysuit is provided, wherein the bodysuitcomprises a back panel having a top piece and a bottom piece thereof todefine a receiving opening for allowing the user to easily put on ortake off the bodysuit. A bodysuit can be a one-piece article ofclothing.

In one embodiment a bodysuit is provided, wherein there are no snaps orbuttons arranged on the front panel of the bodysuit so the user doesn'tneed to spend lots of time to engage or disengage snaps or buttons oneby one so as to save more time to put on or take off the bodysuit. Inone embodiment, the bodysuit does not include snaps or buttons on theback panel. In one embodiment, the bodysuit does not include any snapsor buttons at all.

In one embodiment, the bottom piece of a back panel of the bodysuitoverlaps over the top piece of the back panel of the bodysuit to definean overlapping area, which may help protect against cold wind and/orunwanted materials falling into the receiving opening. In oneembodiment, the top piece of a back panel of the bodysuit overlaps overthe bottom piece of the back panel of the bodysuit to define anoverlapping area, which may protect against cold wind and/or unwantedmaterials falling into the receiving opening.

In one embodiment, the bodysuit may comprise a front panel having a toppiece and a bottom piece that combine to define a receiving opening forallowing the user to easily put on or take off the bodysuit. The bottompiece of the front panel of the bodysuit may overlap over the top pieceof the front panel of the bodysuit to define an overlapping area forprotecting cold wind or unwanted materials falling into the receivingopening, or the top piece of the front panel of the bodysuit may overlapover the bottom piece of the front panel of the bodysuit to define anoverlapping area for protecting cold wind or unwanted materials fallinginto the receiving opening.

In one embodiment, a receiving opening of a bodysuit may belongitudinally formed from one side of a seam between the front paneland the back panel of the bodysuit to the other side of a seamtherebetween, wherein the width of receiving opening may be smaller thanthe width of the back panel so as to aid the top opening end of thebottom piece to stay in position.

In one embodiment, a method for the user to quickly put on or take offthe bodysuit is provided according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention so as to facilitate and simplify the steps for puttingon or taking off the bodysuit.

The bodysuits described herein may be constructed inexpensively(including less expensively than a bodysuit with many buttons and/orsnaps) and do not have a complicated structure, which may help todecrease the manufacturing cost and related manufacturing processes ofthe present invention.

The bodysuits described herein and designed so as to minimize themanufacturing cost. The bodysuits are easy to operate and time-saving soas to be more convenient for the user to put on or take off thebodysuit. Therefore, the bodysuits provide an economic and efficientsolution not only for providing a bodysuit to allow the user to quicklyput on and take off the bodysuit, but also for reducing themanufacturing cost for the manufacturer.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages may be attained by abodysuit, comprising a unitary body which includes a front panel and aback panel that form a head opening at a seam position between top endsof the front panel and the back panel; wherein the back panel may beadapted for putting on and taking off the bodysuit and may include a toppiece and a bottom piece. The bottom piece may have a top opening endoverlapped with the top piece to define a receiving opening, or the toppiece may have a bottom opening end overlapped with the bottom piece todefine a receiving opening. The top opening end of the bottom piece maystay in a waist position of a back of the user while the user puts onthe bodysuit or, when the user takes off the bodysuit, the top openingend of the bottom piece of the back panel may be pulled down towards tothe user's leg and pass over the user's crotch and legs to take off thebodysuit.

The foregoing and other additional advantages and features will becomeapparent from the description which follows and the associated figures,and may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinationsand methods described, including those in the appended claims.

In one embodiment, clothing, devices, apparatuses, components, systems,etc. may include any features described herein, depicted in the figures,or known in the art. And these may be used in various methods includingany combination of the various steps described herein and any stepsknown in the art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosed devices, apparatuses, components, assemblies, systems,methods, etc. can be better understood with reference to the descriptiontaken in conjunction with the following drawings, in which likereference numerals identify like elements. The components in thedrawings are not necessarily to scale.

FIG. 1A is a front perspective view of an exemplary bodysuit.

FIG. 1B is a back perspective view of the bodysuit of FIG. 1A.

FIG. 2 is a unitary body of an exemplary bodysuit.

FIG. 3A to FIG. 3B illustrates a method for putting on and taking off anexemplary bodysuit.

FIG. 4 is a back perspective view of an exemplary bodysuit similar tothat of FIG. 1A, but with different overlapping arrangement than FIG.1B.

FIG. 5A is a side perspective view of an exemplary bodysuit with anoverlapping area similar to that of FIG. 4, but for an older child.

FIG. 5B is a back perspective view of the bodysuit of FIG. 5A with thelower end of the top piece of the back pulled up to show the underlyingtop end of the bottom piece of the back.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications andalternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by wayof example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It shouldbe understood, however, that the description herein of specificembodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particularforms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover allmodifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spiritand scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS

Described herein are clothes, devices, components, assemblies, systems,methods, etc. associated with covering a person's body in an easy andefficient way. The description and accompanying figures, which describeand show certain embodiments, are made to demonstrate, in a non-limitingmanner, several possible configurations of clothing, devices,components, assemblies, systems, etc. and various methods of using themaccording to various aspects and features of the present disclosure.Accordingly, the disclosure is not limited to the specific embodimentsdescribed. Rather, the inventive principles associated with theembodiments described herein, including with respect to the clothing,apparatuses, devices, components, assemblies, systems, methods, etc.described herein, may be applied in a variety of ways, including toother types of clothing, apparatuses, devices, components, assemblies,systems, methods, etc. General and specific clothing, apparatuses,devices, components, assemblies, systems, methods, etc. are describedherein sufficiently to enable one to develop a variety ofimplementations/applications without undue experimentation. In thedevelopment of particular applications, numerous implementation-specificdecisions will be made to achieve the design-specific goals, which willvary from one implementation/application to another. It will beappreciated that, having access to this disclosure and reading thisdisclosure, such a development effort would be a routine undertaking forpersons of ordinary skill in the art.

This document does not intend to distinguish between components thatdiffer in name but not function. In the following discussion and in theclaims, the terms “including,” “includes,” “comprising,” “have,” and“has” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpretedto mean “including, but not limited to.” The word “or” is used in theinclusive sense (i.e., “and/or”) unless a specific use to the contraryis explicitly stated.

The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled inthe art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments areprovided in the following description only as examples and modificationswill be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principlesdefined in the following description can be applied to otherembodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applicationswithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B of the drawings, an exemplary bodysuit10 is provided, wherein the bodysuit 10 comprises a unitary body 11having a front panel 12 and a back panel 13 that form a head opening 20,wherein the back panel 13 comprises a top piece 131 and a bottom piece132 that has a top opening end 1321 to define a receiving opening 30.The front panel 12 is a front facing side (relative to a wearer's body)of the bodysuit 10, and the back panel 13 is the back facing side of thebodysuit 10. (However, in one embodiment, the panel 12 may be a backpanel and the panel 13 may be a front panel, i.e., with the opening 30on a front side of a wearer.) The front panel 12 may be made of aunitary piece of material or of multiple pieces (e.g., pieces sewntogether). The front panel 12 could be constructed to appear as a onepiece bodysuit or may include additional features to make it look like atwo-piece article of clothing. For example, the front panel 12 mayinclude a flap sewn in the middle to overlap and make the front panelappear as two pieces, e.g., as a shirt and pants/shorts. The front panelmay include one or more pockets as well, e.g., similar to pants pocketsand/or a shirt pocket. The front panel, the back panel, the top piece ofthe back panel, the bottom piece of the back panel, may each becombination pieces formed of multiple other pieces, panels, components,etc.

The bodysuit 10 may be made of any kinds of material that are suitablefor clothing, including materials suitable for clothing a child or baby.In one embodiment, the bodysuit 10 is preferably made of cotton, butpolyester, cashmere, silk, wool, rayon, stretchy materials, or blends orcombinations of these or others maybe be used. In one embodiment,multiple materials are used to form bodysuit 10. In one embodiment, aninner material and an outer material of all or portions of bodysuit 10may be different and have different physical properties. For example, aninner material of bodysuit 10 may be lower friction (e.g., silk) tofacilitate ease of putting on and taking off of bodysuit 10. Optionally,an inner material could be warmer material or lined with a warmermaterial for keeping the wearer/user warm (e.g., similar to thermalunderwear material, fleece, or other warm materials).

In FIGS. 1A and 1B, the bodysuit 10 is illustrated as a child or babybodysuit; however, the bodysuit can also be designed and/or configuredas other kinds of garments, such as swimsuits, pajamas, doll/toyclothing, undergarments (e.g., thermal undergarments), adult bodysuits,senior garments (e.g., for easy changing of adult diapers), youth orteenage bodysuits, and onesies for babies and older people, includingtoddlers, children, youths, teenagers, adults, and seniors. For example,FIGS. 5A and 5B show pictures of an embodiment of a bodysuit for anolder child. Bodysuits made for babies and toddlers (or children stillin diapers), may provide easy access to the diaper for changing.However, the configurations and features described herein, when used onbodysuits for larger children, youths, teenagers, adults, seniors, etc.,may provide easier access for using the toilet. For example, a wearerwishing to use the toilet, may pull down the top end and elastic band ofthe bottom piece 132 without having to remove the bodysuit entirely fromthe wearer's legs. The top end and elastic band of the bottom piece 132may be easily pulled down over the buttocks sufficiently to allow theperson to use the toilet, then pulled back up over the buttocks (e.g.,to rest in the waist or lower back region), all without having toentirely remove the bodysuit from the legs.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the top piece 131 of the back panel 13, in oneembodiment, may extend from a seam between the front panel 12 and theback panel 13 to the position which passes through the receiving opening30, and the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 may extend from thebottom end of the back panel to the waist portion of the bodysuit 10. Insuch a manner, the top piece 131 of the back panel 13 and the bottompiece 132 of the back panel 13 may define an overlapping area 40 that abottom end (e.g., a bottom end formed as flap) of the top piece 131 ofthe back panel 13 may be downwardly extended below the waist portion ofthe bodysuit 10, and the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 ofthe back panel 13 may be upwardly extended over the butt portion of thebodysuit 10 to reach the waist portion thereof. The bottom end of thetop piece 131 of the back panel 13 may be tucked into the top of thebottom piece 132 of the back panel 13. In one embodiment, the bottom endof the top piece 131 may be sewn in such a way that the bottom end ispredisposed to be tucked in, e.g., the seam may extend inside and belowthe top opening end 1321. This can help ensure that the bottom edge ofthe top piece 131 is tucked inside the top opening end 1321 and can helpensure that the bodysuit looks more like a one-piece outfit in the back.The bottom end and bottom edge of the top piece 131 may extend down tovarious positions/lengths, e.g., the bottom edge of the top piece 131may extend below the waist, below the middle of the buttocks, below thebuttocks of the wearer/user, and/or any point in between. The lower thebottom edge extends the more effective it may be at protecting againstdrafts or, cold air, etc. reaching the wearer/user or his/her legsthrough the receiving opening 30. The bodysuit may look like a one-piecebodysuit from the front.

As shown in FIG. 4, the top piece 131 of the back panel 13, in oneembodiment, may extend from a seam between the front panel 12 and theback panel 13 to a position which passes over the receiving opening 30,and the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 may extend from the bottomend of the back panel to the waist portion of the bodysuit 10. The toppiece 131 of the back panel 13 and the bottom piece 132 of the backpanel 13 may define an overlapping area 40 that a bottom end (e.g., abottom end formed as flap) of the top piece 131 of the back panel 13 maybe downwardly extended below the waist portion of the bodysuit 10, andthe top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13may be upwardly extended over the butt portion of the bodysuit 10 toreach the waist portion thereof. The bottom of the top piece 131 of theback panel 13 may extend over and cover the top of the bottom piece 132of the back panel 13. FIG. 4 includes a cut out region for the purposeof showing the top opening end 1321 and elastic band underneath the toppiece 131 in the overlapping area 40. In one embodiment, the bottom endof the top piece 131 may be sewn in such a way that the bottom end ofthe top piece 131 is predisposed to overlap and cover the top portion ofthe bottom piece 132, e.g., the seam may extend below the top openingend 1321 along the outside of the bottom piece 132 (for example, alongthe outer edges or sides). This can help ensure that the bottom edge ofthe top piece 131 covers the top opening end 1321 and can help ensurethat the bodysuit looks similar to a two-piece outfit from the backhaving a top and bottom, e.g., a shirt and pants/shorts. The bottom endand bottom edge of the top piece 131 may extend down to variouspositions/lengths, e.g., the bottom edge of the top piece 131 may extendbelow the waist, below the middle of the buttocks, below the buttocks ofthe wearer/user, and/or any point in between. The lower the bottom edgeextends the more effective it may be at protecting against drafts or,cold air, etc. reaching the wearer/user or his/her legs through thereceiving opening 30. The bodysuit may still look like a one-piecebodysuit from the front, e.g., the front of the bodysuit of FIG. 4 maylook similar to FIG. 1A.

It is worth mentioning that the overlapping area 40 between the toppiece 131 and the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 can prevent coolair from passing through the receiving opening 30 of the bodysuit 10, soeven if a receiving opening 30 is located at a back side of the bodysuit10, the user may not feel cold.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the receiving opening 30 may be longitudinallyformed from one side seam between the front panel 12 and the back panel13 to another side seam therebetween. And, the width of the receivingopening 30 may be smaller than the width of the back panel 13, such thatthe top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 isable to stay more easily in a position. Since the width of the receivingopening 30 is smaller than the width of the back panel 13, the topopening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 cangenerate an inward-pressed force while the user wears the bodysuit 10,so the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13may not easily fall down from the waist portion of the user.

It is worth mentioning that the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece132 of the back panel 13 may be a curved, straight, or other shapeopening end. For the ergonomics, while the user wears the bodysuit 10, acurved shape opening end can attach on the waist portion of the user,such that the curved shape opening end can match with the waist shape ofthe user's body, so the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 ofthe back panel 13 may stay in the waist portion of the user's body.

Accordingly, the bodysuit 10 may further comprise an elastic band 14arranged along the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of theback panel 13, wherein the elastic band 14 can be stretched to apredetermined length or a range of lengths so as to expand the size ofthe receiving opening 30. Therefore, the elastic band 14 can be pulledto expand the size of the receiving opening 30 for allowing the user toput on or take off the bodysuit 10 through the receiving opening 30.After the user puts on the bodysuit 10, the pulled force on the elasticband 14 is released, so the elastic band 14 will return to its originallength so as to secure on the waist portion of the user. In oneembodiment, the elastic band may expand in length anywhere between10-100% longer than the original length, though other percentages andlengths are possible.

The bodysuit 10 may further comprise a pair of sleeves 15 extended(e.g., integrally extended) from the front panel 12 of the unitary body11 defining two arm openings 151 for allowing the user to put the user'sarms along the two sleeves 15 through the two arm openings 151, and apair of trouser legs 16 downwardly extended (e.g., integrally extended)from the garment body 11, wherein the user is able to insert the user'slegs into the two trouser legs 16 through the receiving opening 30, suchthat the pair of the trouser legs 16 can protect the user's legs (e.g.,from exposure in cold weather) so as to support the user wearing thebodysuit 10 according to the preferred embodiment. The trouser legs 16may optionally include foot portions on the end of each leg that coverthe feet.

The bodysuit may include or omit sleeves, trouser legs, or variouscombinations of these, e.g., trouser legs but no sleeves, sleeves but notrouser legs. As shown for example in FIG. 2, the bodysuit 10 can be avest style bodysuit or onesie, so in this manner, the two arm openings151A may be formed at the seam between the front panel 12 and the backpanel 13. In other words, sleeves 15 may be omitted in the bodysuit 10and, if omitted, the vest style bodysuit may be cooler for the user(e.g., for use in hot weather). In addition, the pair of the trouserlegs 16 can be omitted and the bodysuit 10 provided with two legopenings 161 spacedly arranged on the bottom portion of the unitary body11, which can be the bottom seam between the front panel 12 and the backpanel 13, so the legs of the user may be inserted through the two legopenings 161 respectively. In one embodiment, trouser legs 16 and/orsleeves 15 may be removably attachable (e.g., using zippers, hook andloop fasteners, snaps/buttons, other fasteners, etc.) to the vest stylebodysuit to form a bodysuit more similar to that shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B,and 4.

The elastic band 14 provides benefits in terms of ease of use,manufacturing, and other things, but can optionally be replaced orsupplemented by other components. For example, the bodysuit may includeone or more drawstrings, separated elastic bands, pleats, accordionfolds, zippers, magnets, snaps, buttons, and/or combinations of some orall of these. In one embodiment, snaps, buttons, and/or magnets arrangedon the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13may be attached on the top piece 131 of the back panel 13 by matchingwith the respective snaps, buttons, and/or magnets on the top piece 131of the back panel 13 so as to hold the top opening end 1321 of thebottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 in position. In other words, thiskind of design (and others described below) can support the elastic band14 on the top opening end 1321 to stay in position even if the elasticband 14 were to lose its extendable/retractable function after frequentuse.

In one embodiment, one or more drawstrings may be used instead of or inaddition to an elastic band. The drawstring(s) may be used to loosen ortighten the receiving opening 30 in any of the embodiments discussedherein. The drawstring(s) may be pulled to tighten the opening 30 andhelp hold the bodysuit 10 and bottom piece 132 tightly on thewearer/user. The drawstring(s) may be tied, clamped, fastened, and/orotherwise held in position to help hold the bodysuit 10 and bottom piece132 tightly on the wearer/user. The drawstring(s) may be untied,unclamped, unfastened, and/or otherwise loosened to help open thereceiving opening 30 of the bodysuit 10 for removal or partial removalfrom the wearer/user. In one embodiment, the drawstring(s) may looparound the waist of the wearer/user in a way that does not significantlyalter the appearance of the bodysuit 10, e.g., so the bodysuit 10 maystill resemble a one piece bodysuit as in FIG. 1A or 2. For example, apassage way through the fabric or under the outer layer of fabric may beprovided for the drawstring(s) to pass through. In one embodiment, loopsor slits may be provided around the waist on the inside or outside ofthe bodysuit through which the drawstring(s) (and/or a belt) may pass.In one embodiment, the drawstring(s) may alternate directions inward andoutward passing through slits. In one embodiment, the drawstring(s) maycause bunching, folds, pleats, and/or an accordion-like arrangement offabric as the drawstring(s) are tightened. This can allow more fabric tobe available in the loosened configuration to allow for easier dressingand removal of the bodysuit 10. In embodiments similar to FIG. 4, thebottom portion of the top piece 131 may help to hide any bunching,folds, pleats, and/or accordion-like arrangement of fabric where thebottom portion of the top piece 131 overlaps and covers the top portionof the bottom piece 132.

In one embodiment, multiple elastic bands may be used and may beseparated from each other. This may allow different portions of thereceiving opening 30 to open or expand in different ways. For example,the opening 30 may be designed to open more in areas where the feet of awearer are more likely to pass to make putting on and taking off thebodysuit 10 easier. In one embodiment, the top end of the bottom piece132 may be formed as a flap and elastic bands may attach between edgesor corners of the flap to another portion of the bodysuit 10 (e.g., to aside seam or to the front panel 12). The elastic bands may act as anexpandable tether between portions of the bodysuit 10. In oneembodiment, the flap may form an opening between the flap, an elasticband(s), and another portion of the bodysuit 10 and the opening mayincrease in size when the flap is pulled outwardly and the elasticband(s) expands.

In one embodiment, pleats and/or accordion folds (or other bunching orfolding of material) may be used around opening 30, which may provideadditional fabric/material to allow the receiving opening 30 to openwider and make it easier to put on and take off. In one embodiment,pleats and/or folds may be formed with snaps, hook and loop fasteners(Velcro), buttons, magnets, etc. arranged in a manner to make openingand closing of the receiving opening 30 as easy and convenient aspossible.

In one embodiment, one or more zippers may be used in addition to orinstead of the elastic band. For example, zippers may extend from thereceiving opening 30 in one or more directions on the top piece 131and/or the bottom piece 132. The zippers may allow for expanding ornarrowing the receiving opening 30. In one embodiment, a zipper mayextend down the middle of the bottom piece 132 starting from the topedge of the bottom piece 132. In one embodiment, two zippers may extenddown the sides of the bottom piece 132 starting from the top edge of thebottom piece 132. In one embodiment, one or more zippers may extend upthe top piece 131 starting from the bottom edge of the top piece 131.One or more zippers could also run along the side seams of the top piece131 or the bottom piece 132. In embodiments similar to FIG. 4, thebottom portion of the top piece 131 may help to hide any zippers wherethe bottom portion of the top piece 131 overlaps and covers the topportion of the bottom piece 132. In one embodiment, zippers may beformed along edges of the flap portion of the top piece 131 that istucked under or covers over the top edge and elastic band of the bottompiece 132 to restrict movement or allow greater movement of the flapportion.

FIG. 5A is a side perspective view of an exemplary bodysuit with anoverlapping area similar to that of FIG. 4, but configured/designed foran older child. FIG. 5B is a back perspective view of the bodysuit ofFIG. 5A with the lower end of the top piece of the back pulled up toshow the underlying top end of the bottom piece of the back. The toppiece 131 of the back panel is shown with a seam running down the sideto the bottom edge of the top piece 131. The bottom piece 132 may alsoinclude a seam along the side running up to the top edge of the bottompiece 132.

The clothing, bodysuits, components thereof, etc. described herein maybe used in a variety of methods. Methods of using the clothing andbodysuits or any of their components/features may include any of thesteps discussed anywhere in this description or the summary. Forexample, referring to FIG. 3A to 3B of the drawings, a method for usingor putting on a bodysuit 10 may comprise one or multiple of thefollowing steps and/or other steps: (1) inserting a wearer/user's headthrough the receiving opening 30 and the head opening 20 respectively;(2) pulling down the unitary body 11 of the bodysuit 10 in a directiontowards the leg/legs of the wearer/user (e.g., this may be similar topulling down a t-shirt after putting it over a wearer's head); (3)inserting the wearer/user's arm/arms into the receiving opening 30; (4)inserting the wearer/user's arm(s) through one or both of the two armopenings 151 of the two sleeves 15 along the two sleeves 15 respectively(or through openings 151A, if not sleeves); (5) pulling down the unitarybody 11 of the bodysuit 10 towards the leg/legs of the wearer/user; (6)inserting the wearer/user's two legs into the receiving opening 30; (7)inserting one and/or both of the wearer/user's two legs into the trouserlegs 16 (or into openings 161, if not leg portions); and (8) pulling thetop opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the bodysuit 10 over theuser's crotch and butt so as to reach the waist portion or lower back ofthe back of the user. Other steps may involve using additional featuresdescribed herein. These and other steps described herein may beperformed in the order disclosed or in a different sequence, and somesteps may be omitted or added.

A portion of the bottom piece 132 of the bodysuit 10 may overlap with aportion of the top piece 131 of the back panel 13 of the bodysuit 10 todefine an overlapping area. In one embodiment, a portion of the bottompiece 132 of the back panel 13 of the bodysuit 10 may cover a portion ofthe top piece 131 of the back panel 13 of the bodysuit 10 to define theoverlapping area, such that the overlapping area therebetween is able tosupport the bodysuit 10 in position. In one embodiment, a portion of thetop piece 131 of the back panel 13 of the bodysuit 10 may cover aportion of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 of the bodysuit 10to define the overlapping area, such that the back of the bodysuit 10resembles two articles of clothing, e.g., a shirt over shorts. Methodsmay include tucking or otherwise arranging the top piece 131 relative tothe bottom piece 132 to form the overlapping area.

A method for taking off the bodysuit 10 may comprise one or multiple ofthe following steps and/or other steps: (1) pulling down the top openingend of the bottom piece of the back panel over the wearer/user's buttand crotch respectively; (2) releasing the wearer/user's legs from thetrouser legs 16 (or openings 161); (3) further releasing thewearer/user's legs to outside of the bodysuit 10 through the receivingopening 30; (4) pulling the top opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132of the back panel 13 towards the wearer/user's head; (5) removing orreleasing the wearer/user's arms from the sleeves 15 (or openings 151A);(6) removing or releasing the wearer/user's two arms through thereceiving opening 30 to outside; (7) pulling the top opening end of thebottom piece of the back panel in a direction towards the wearer/user'shead; (8) removing or releasing the wearer/user's head through the headopening 20 and then the receiving opening 30. Other steps may involveusing additional features described herein. These and other stepsdescribed herein may be performed in the order disclosed or in adifferent sequence, and some steps may be omitted or added.

A method for changing a diaper of a wearer of the bodysuit may includesteps described above and may also include (1) pulling down the topopening end of the bottom piece of the back panel over the wearer/user'sbutt/crotch; (2) releasing the wearer/user's legs from the trouser legs16 (or openings 161); (3) further releasing the wearer/user's legs tooutside of the bodysuit 10 through the receiving opening 30; (4)changing the diaper or replacing the old diaper with a new diaper; (5)inserting one and/or both of the wearer/user's two legs into the trouserlegs 16 (or into openings 161, if not leg portions); and (6) pulling thetop opening end 1321 of the bottom piece 132 of the bodysuit 10 over theuser's crotch and butt so as to reach the waist portion or lower back ofthe back of the user.

A method for using the bodysuit may include steps described above andmay also include (1) pulling down the top opening end of the bottompiece of the back panel over the wearer/user's butt/crotch; (2) using atoilet to relieve oneself; and (3) pulling the top opening end 1321 ofthe bottom piece 132 of the bodysuit 10 over the user's butt/crotch soas to reach the waist portion or lower back of the back of the user.

Accordingly, the method for putting on and taking off the bodysuit 10 inthe present invention may be operated in opposite directions or usingsteps in reverse of each other. The direction for putting on thebodysuit 10 in the present invention may be towards the wearer/user'sleg, and passing through the wearer/user's crotch and butt portion toreach the waist portion of the back of the user. And, for taking off thebodysuit 10 in the present invention, the direction for taking off thebodysuit 10 may be towards the wearer/user's legs from the back of theuser, and along the wearer/user's crotch to the front side of thewearer/user, and continuously towards the wearer/user's head to take offthe bodysuit 10.

When worn by a baby or child, the elastic band of the receiving opening30 in the back portion of the bottom piece 132 of the back panel 13 ofthe bodysuit 10 may allow a parent to simply pull the bottom piece 132of the back panel 13 on or off the wearer/user's bottom so as to easilyput on or take off the bodysuit or to access and change a diaper. Theparent can spend less than one or two minutes to put on or take off thebodysuit for their children or to access a diaper for changing, and theparent does not need to spend lots of time opening or closing snaps orbuttons.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of thepresent invention as shown in the drawings and described above isexemplary only and not intended to be limiting. The embodiments havebeen shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functionaland structural principles of the present invention and is subject tochange without departure from such principles. Therefore, this inventionincludes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope ofthe following claims.

The above clothing, apparatuses, devices, components, systems,assemblies, methods, etc. have generally been described and shown infigures; however, the principles described may be applied to a varietyof other clothing, apparatuses, devices, components, systems,assemblies, methods, etc. Further, the features described in oneembodiment herein may generally be combined with features described inother embodiments herein.

While the clothing, apparatuses, devices, components, systems,assemblies, methods, etc. of this invention may have been described interms of particular variations and illustrative figures, it will beapparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is not solimited and that variations may be applied to other clothing,apparatuses, devices, components, systems, assemblies, methods, etc. Forexample, with respect to the methods, uses, and/or steps describedherein variations may occur in the steps, uses, the sequence/order ofsteps, etc. described herein without departing from the concept, spirit,and scope of the invention, as defined by the claims. Additionally,certain of the steps may be performed concurrently in a parallel processwhen possible, as well as performed sequentially as described above.Therefore, to the extent there are variations of the invention, whichare within the spirit of the disclosure or equivalent to the inventionsfound in the claims, it is the intent that this patent will cover thosevariations as well.

What is claimed is:
 1. A bodysuit that can be worn by a user,comprising: a unitary body which comprises a front panel and a backpanel that form a head opening at a seam position between top ends ofthe front panel and the back panel; wherein the back panel, which isadapted for putting on and taking off the bodysuit, comprises a toppiece and a bottom piece, wherein the top piece includes a bottom endand the bottom piece includes a top opening end that together form areceiving opening, wherein the bottom end of the top piece overlaps andcovers the top opening end of the bottom piece to form an overlappingarea, wherein the top opening end is configured to stay in a waistportion of a back of the user while worn by the user, and wherein thetop opening end of the bottom piece of the back panel can be pulledtowards to the user's leg and then pass over the user's crotch so as totake off the bodysuit.
 2. The bodysuit, as recited in claim 1, whereinthe unitary body is made of cotton.
 3. The bodysuit, as recited in claim1, wherein the bottom end of the top piece of the back panel downwardlyextends from a seam between the front panel and the back panel to aposition below a waist of the user when worn by the user.
 4. Thebodysuit, as recited in claim 1, wherein the bottom end of the top pieceof the back panel downwardly extends from a seam between the front paneland the back panel to reach a butt portion of the bodysuit.
 5. Thebodysuit, as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiving opening islongitudinally formed from one side seam between the front panel and theback panel to another side seam therebetween, wherein a width of thereceiving opening is smaller than a width of the back panel.
 6. Thebodysuit, as recited in claim 5, wherein the top opening end of thebottom piece of the back panel is a curved shape opening end, so whilethe user wears the bodysuit, the curved shape opening end matches with awaist shape of the user's body.
 7. The bodysuit, as recited in claim 1,further comprising an elastic band arranged along the top opening end ofthe bottom piece of the back panel, wherein the elastic band can bestretched to a predetermined length so as to expand a size of thereceiving opening.
 8. The bodysuit, as recited in claim 7, wherein thesize of the receiving opening when expanded is sufficiently large toenable the user to put on or take off the bodysuit therethrough, andafter the user puts on the bodysuit, the elastic band returns to itsoriginal length so as to be secure on the waist portion of the user. 9.The bodysuit, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a pair ofsleeves integrally extended from the unitary body defining two armopenings for allowing the user to putting the user's arms along the twosleeves through the two arm openings.
 10. The bodysuit, as recited inclaim 1, further comprising a pair of trouser legs integrally extendedfrom the unitary body, wherein the user is able to insert the user'slegs into the two trouser legs through the receiving opening so as toprotect the user's leg in the cold weather.
 11. The bodysuit, as recitedin claim 1, further comprising two arm openings formed at a seam betweenthe front panel and the back panel for supporting the user wearing thebodysuit thereon in the hot weather.
 12. The bodysuit, as recited inclaim 1, further comprising two leg openings spacedly arranged at abottom seam between the front panel and the back panel for allowing theuser to put the user's legs therethrough.
 13. A method for putting on abodysuit, comprising steps of: inserting a head of a user through areceiving opening of the bodysuit; inserting the head of the userthrough a head opening of the bodysuit; pulling down a unitary body ofthe bodysuit in a direction towards legs of the user; inserting arms ofthe user into the receiving opening; inserting hands of the user througharm openings of the bodysuit; pulling down the unitary body of thebodysuit towards feet of the user; inserting the legs of the user intothe receiving opening; inserting the legs of the user into trouser legsof the body suit; and pulling a top opening end of a bottom piece of thebodysuit over buttocks of the user so as to position the top opening endat a waist region of a back of the user; positioning a bottom end of atop piece of the bodysuit such that the bottom end overlaps and coversthe top opening end of the bottom piece.
 14. The method for putting onthe bodysuit as recited in claim 13, wherein the unitary body furthercomprises two sleeves integrally extending to the arm openings, andwherein the hands of the user pass through the sleeves before passingthrough the arm openings of the bodysuit.
 15. The method for putting onthe bodysuit as recited in claim 13, wherein the unitary body furthercomprises leg openings spacedly formed between a seam between a bottomend of the front panel and the back panel, and wherein the feet of theuser are inserted through the leg openings.
 16. A method for taking offa bodysuit, comprising steps of: reaching under a bottom end of a toppiece of a back panel of a bodysuit, wherein the bottom end of the toppiece overlaps and covers a top opening edge of a bottom piece of theback panel when worn; pulling down the top opening end of the bottompiece of the back panel of the bodysuit over buttocks of a user;releasing legs of the user from trouser legs of the bodysuit; releasingthe legs of the user to outside of the bodysuit through a receivingopening of the back panel of the bodysuit; pulling the top opening endof the bottom piece of the back panel towards a head of the user;releasing arms of the user from arm openings of the bodysuit; releasingarms of the user to outside of the bodysuit through the receivingopening; and pulling the bodysuit over the head of the user such thatthe head of the user passes through a head opening and the receivingopening of the bodysuit to separate the bodysuit from being worn on thebody of the user.
 17. The method for taking off the bodysuit, as recitedin claim 16, wherein the bodysuit comprises leg openings spacedly formedat a seam between a bottom end of the front panel and the back panel,and wherein releasing the legs of the user from the trouser legs of thebodysuit includes passing feet of the user through the leg openings. 18.The method for putting on the bodysuit, as recited in claim 16, whereinbodysuit comprises integral sleeves that define the arm openings, suchthat releasing the arms of the user from the arm openings of thebodysuit includes passing the arms through the sleeves.